Place attachment, place identity and aesthetic appraisal of urban landscape

• Authors: Michał Jaśkiewicz

Abstracts

EN

As the aesthetic of the Polish cities became a topic of wider discussions, it is important to detect the potential role of human-place relations. Two studies (N = 185 & N = 196) were conducted to explore the relationship between place attachment, place identity and appraisal of urban landscape. Satisfaction with urban aesthetic was predicted by two dimensions of place attachment (place inherited and place discovered), local identity (on the trend level) and national-conservative identity. Place discovered and European identity were also predictors of visual pollution sensitivity. Place discovered is considered as more active type of attachment that permits both a positive bias concerning the aesthetics of one’s city, and a stronger criticism of the elements that can potentially violate the place’s landscape.

Keywords

EN

place attachment; place identity; urban landscape; aesthetic

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 573-578

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Michał Jaśkiewicz

• University of Gdańsk

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0063

Biblioteka Nauki

430297